Bo Jackson
Bo Jackson
Vincent Edward "Bo" Jacksonis an American former baseball and football player. He is one of the few athletes to be named an All-Star in two major sports, and the only one to do so in both baseball and football. He is widely considered one of the greatest athletes of all time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 November 1962
CityBessemer, AL
CountryUnited States of America
baseball focused
So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
games firsts never-forget
The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
taken golf past
I've taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren't too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can.
pilots wanted
I always wanted to be a pilot.
growing-up kids airports
Growing up as a kid, the back of my house faced a little community airport about four or five miles from my house.
kids avid riders
I have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.
soccer baseball football
Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.
baseball action pitcher
In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there.
kids play age
My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.
sports fire fans
I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.
hurt morning pain
But now, I get up every morning and go to the gym because I don't like waking up stiff or in pain and wondering if my hip is going to hurt me.
kids jail cemetery
When I was a kid, everybody in the neighborhood picked me to be the one in jail or be in the cemetery by the time I was 20.
next-day one-day taught
I taught myself how to pole vault in one day. The next day I entered a meet to pole vault and won it all for the state of Alabama.
sports fathers-day kids
I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.